Close to 2000 migratory birds halt then fly around, vivid blends into serenity.

6th December 2017

Kaifeng Wetland occupies the television screen for 1 minute and 22 seconds.
Close to 2000 migratory birds halt then fly around, vivid blends into serenity.
The kaleidoscopic view of Hanfeng Lake conquers national audience once again.

In recent years, Hanfeng Lake’s ecological environment optimizes day by day, the citizens, at the same time, become more and more aware of the importance in protecting birds. Both attract migratory birds to inhabit here. Every year in October, they come one after another. According to imperfect count, close to 80 varieties birds have settled in Hanfeng Lake, including some endangered species like Falco cherrug.

Now let’s have a quick look at these “visitors”:

Little Egret

Gray Heron

Ana Penelope

Ruddy Shelduck

Hoopoe

Black-headed Gull

Kingfisher

Goldeneye

Night Heron

Northern

Chinese Merganser (Scaly-sided Merganser)

They only spend their winter here, when winter slips into warm spring at early March, migratory birds will return to Siberia and Inner Mongolia, which means tourists are left with at least four months for sightseeing.

Once the Three Gorges Reservoir retains water and submerge Baijia River underwater, lots of little islands raise above, constructing a gorgeous “Thousand Islands ” painting.